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<h1 align="right" style="text-align:right"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sept. 17, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></h1>
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<h1 align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none">Baylor XC Wraps Up Texas Tech Open<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Urbani leads Bears for the second-straight meet<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colin Pirtle, 940-564-0351, Colin_Pirtle1@Baylor.edu
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">LUBBOCK, Texas
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor cross country wrapped up its second meet of the season at Texas Tech on Saturday morning. Ryan Hodge and Cate Urbani lead the Bears in their respective races.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I was very pleased with the execution of our runners the first half of our races, said head cross country coach David Barnett.
We have several runners making progress and making the most of their opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The men only ran Hodge and Caleb Ackman, who finished 23<sup>rd</sup> and 79<sup>th</sup>, respectively. New Mexico captured the
team title, followed by Oklahoma and Texas Tech to round out the podium positions.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Baylor women finished third as a team overall, scoring Cate Urbani (third), Sophia Leidner (sixth), Hayden Gold (17<sup>th</sup>),
Ellie Hodge (19<sup>th</sup>) and Jordan Ledington (30<sup>th</sup>). Chloe Gangnath was the only non-scoring Bear, placing 35<sup>th</sup>. The 75-total team points was 34 points behind the first place Sooners and only three points behind West Texas A&M in
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It was very helpful getting a preview of the course for Big 12s, and Im looking forward to improving each week, said Barnett.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The squad takes their longest trip of the season in two weeks, competing at the Gans Creek Classic in Columbia, Mo. on Sept. 30.
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor cross country, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram:
@BaylorTrack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.BaylorBears.com</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">_________________________________________</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#073D1E">Colin Pirtle</span></b><span style="color:#073D1E"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">| Associate Director of Athletics Communications (T&F, XC, MTEN, interim WBB) </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Department of Athletics | Baylor University</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">C: 940-564-0351</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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